| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/R74444/01 |
| Title: |
Professorship of Experimental Combustion |
| Principal Investigator: |
Dowling, Professor Dame A |
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Engineering |
| Organisation: |
University of Cambridge |
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Research Chairs (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
13 December 2002 |
Ends: |
12 September 2005 |
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501,589
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| Aerospace, Defence and Marine |
Energy |
| Transport Systems and Vehicles |
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A major challenge of the new millennium is to meet society's requirements for power and transportation in a sustainable way. Novel forms of combustion are needed, if power for electricity generation and for prime movers (both air and ground based vehicles) is not to damage the environment This quest for cleaner combustion processes is driving new and challenging technologies. In view of the Importance of this field, Rolls-Royce plc have generously agreed to provide funds on a rolling five-year grant to support the establishment of a Professorship of Experimental Combustion at the University of Cambridge. This proposal is for funds to contribute towards the laboratory set-up costs, and so to attract an internationally-acclaimed 'star researcher to the post. Advances in instrumentation and experimental techniques are enabling unprecedented insight into unsteady combustion process, and this is important because the practical use of flames far from the standard regimes, e.g. very lean flames close to extinction or near the limit for oscillations, necessitates measurements for flames that are highly unsteady and have not been examined before in sufficient detail. Fundamental breakthroughs can be expected through close interaction between the new professor and his/her team and the modelling work, using bott computational fluid dynamics and theoretical models; already in Cambridge. The close coupling of experiment and theory will enable a much deeper insight into practically relevant combustion processes.
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http://www.cam.ac.uk |